Multiple Choice Questions
Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution
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Q. 1
Which leader took Russia out of the First World War?
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Nicholas IIB
Vladimir LeninC
Joseph StalinD
None of theseClick an option to check your answer
Q. 2
Important socialists of 19th century Europe?
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Charles Darwin and SpencerB
Lenin and StalinC
Karl Marx and EngelsD
Rousseau and VoltaireClick an option to check your answer
Q. 3
When did the First five-year plan in India start?
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1951B
1953C
1950D
1930Click an option to check your answer
Q. 4
Which of the following statements is true about the liberals in the 19th/20th century?
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They favoured state religionB
They did not favour freedom of religionC
They wanted a nation based on religionD
They wanted a nation which tolerated all religionsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 5
Which one of the following pairs regarding political ideologies in 19th century Europe is correctly matched?
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Socialists - Supported the concentration of property in the hands of a fewB
Radicals - Opposed women's suffragette movementsC
Liberals - Supported private property and opposed universal adult franchiseD
Conservatives - Supported rapid societal changeClick an option to check your answer
Q. 6
Before the 18th century, society in Europe was divided into:
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Liberals, radicals and conservativesB
Castes and classesC
Religious groupsD
Estates and ordersClick an option to check your answer
Q. 7
Whom did Karl Marx say would be ruler in a communist government?
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PresidentB
Prime MinisterC
TsarsD
WorkersClick an option to check your answer
Q. 8
The secret police called the Cheka first, and later GPU and NKVD...
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FalseB
TrueClick an option to check your answer
Q. 9
What was the primary demand of Lenin's "April Theses" upon his return to Russia in April 1917?
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Introduce strict censorship laws and suppress political dissentB
End the war, transfer land to peasants, and nationalize banksC
Increase military spending and expand the Russian empireD
Continue the war effort and strengthen ties with other European powersClick an option to check your answer
Q. 10
Liberals were opposed to:
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SecularismB
Rights of IndividualsC
Universal Adult FranchiseD
A Representative Form of GovernmentClick an option to check your answer
Q. 11
Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Socialists till 1914?
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They helped various associations to win seats in the parliaments in EuropeB
Governments continued to be run by conservatives, liberals and radicalsC
They succeeded in forming a government in EuropeD
Socialists, supported by strong figures in parliamentary politics, shaped and influenced legislationClick an option to check your answer
Q. 12
Karl Marx wanted workers to overthrow:
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CapitalismB
Rule of private propertyC
RadicalsD
All of theseClick an option to check your answer
Q. 13
Which of the following titles is associated with the Russian ruler?
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EmperorB
KingC
TsarD
KaisarClick an option to check your answer
Q. 14
Liberals in the nineteenth century believed that men of _____ mainly should have the vote.
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ProfessionB
EducationC
PropertyD
AgeClick an option to check your answer
Q. 15
What distinguishes liberals from democrats?
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Tolerating all religionsB
Opposing the uncontrolled power of dynastic rulersC
Did not believe in universal adult franchiseD
None of the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 16
Which of the following ideas was not given by Lenin about the peasants?
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Peasants were not one united groupB
Some were poor and worked as a labourerC
Some were rich and were capitalistsD
They were all parts of a socialists movementClick an option to check your answer
Q. 17
Which of these statements is/are correct about Europe after the French Revolution?
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Suddenly it seemed possible to change the aristocratic society of the 18th centuryB
However, not everyone wanted a complete transformation of societyC
Some wanted gradual shift, while others wanted complete change of societyD
All the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 18
In order to develop societies, liberals and radicals believed:
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in the value of individual effort, labour and enterpriseB
in the privileges of the old aristocracyC
that those who had capital should work with restraintD
all the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 19
Under the system of ..........., the government owns all farms and industries.
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DemocracyB
CommunismC
DictatorD
All of themClick an option to check your answer
Q. 20
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding what the ‘liberals’ wanted?
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Not to tolerate all the religionsB
To oppose uncontrolled power of dynastic rulersC
Universal adult franchiseD
Government appointed by the kingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 21
To coordinate the efforts of socialists all over Europe, an international body was formed in Europe (in 1889) called the:
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Labour PartyB
CommuneC
Second InternationalD
Social Democratic PartyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 22
What was one reason for the loss of popular support for the non-Bolsheviks during the Civil War?
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Their alliance with the BolsheviksB
Their support for land redistributionC
Harsh steps against peasants who seized landD
Their cooperation with foreign troopsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 23
In 19th century Europe, Conservatives:
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Favoured radical restructure of societyB
Toleration of all religionsC
Opposed uncontrolled dynastic rulersD
Accepted the idea of gradual change in societyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 24
The name of St. Petersburg changed to Petrograd after 1914...
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Russians disliked the earlier nameB
Russians wanted a shorter nameC
Anti-German sentiments during the war made the Russians change the nameD
Russian monk Rasputin advised the Tsar to change the nameClick an option to check your answer
Q. 25
Which group formed the Central Powers during WWI?
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England, Germany, ItalyB
Turkey, Germany, FranceC
France, England, RussiaD
Austria, Germany, TurkeyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 26
On which of the following issues did liberals and Radicals differ?
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Individual rightsB
Representative form of governmentC
Dynastic ruleD
Property and privilegesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 27
By the mid-19th century in Europe, the idea which attracted widespread attention on the restructuring of society was:
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CapitalismB
SocialismC
DictatorshipD
None of the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 28
What kind of developments took place as a result of new political trends in Europe?
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Industrial Revolution occurredB
New cities came upC
Railways expandedD
All the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 29
In 19th century Europe, Conservatives?
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Favoured radical restructure of societyB
Toleration of all religionsC
Opposed uncontrolled dynastic rulersD
Accepted the idea of gradual change in societyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 30
Capitalists believed in?
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Profit and private propertyB
Sharing of profits with workersC
Control of property by societyD
Workers' rightsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 31
Socialists:
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Favoured private propertyB
Were against private propertyC
Favoured individual controlled propertyD
Regarded private property as a solution to all problemsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 32
Who conspired in Italy to bring about a revolution?
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BismarckB
Karl MarxC
Guiseppe MazziniD
None of the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 33
When did the Tsar abdicate?
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2nd March 1918B
2nd March 1916C
2nd March 1915D
2nd March 1917Click an option to check your answer
Q. 34
Which of the following was not a feature of 19th century Europe?
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High wagesB
Expansion of RailwaysC
Industrial RevolutionD
New citiesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 35
Which of the following owned the majority of the land in Russia?
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Nobility, Crown and ChurchB
Tsar, Peasants and WorkersC
Workers' Crown and ChurchD
Peasants, Nobility and WorkersClick an option to check your answer
Q. 36
Which one of the following was one of the three demands that ‘Vladimir Lenin' proposed in his April Theses?
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To nationalise the BanksB
To support the Provisional GovernmentC
To have common systems of electionD
To rename the Bolshevik party like the communist partyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 37
Capitalists believed in
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Profit and private propertyB
Control of property by societyC
Sharing of profits with workersD
Workers rightsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 38
When did the Soviet Union break up?
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1989B
1992C
1991D
1990Click an option to check your answer
Q. 39
Which group wanted Russia to become a communist nation?
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BolsheviksB
White RussiansC
GermansD
FrenchClick an option to check your answer
Q. 40
Who led the procession of workers to the event ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Russia?
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Father GaponB
StalinC
LeninD
Friedrich EngelsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 41
Which among the following groups was against any kind of political or social change?
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LiberalsB
NationalistsC
RadicalsD
ConservativesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 42
Which of the following factors made autocracy unpopular in Russia?
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The German origin of the Tsarina AlexandraB
Poor advisors like the Monk RasputinC
Both (a) and (b)Click an option to check your answer
Q. 43
Which of the following was not a feature of the October Manifesto?
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Freedom of speech, press and associationB
Final decision-making power was vested in the TsarC
Power to make laws conferred on the DumaD
Authority of the Tsar was reducedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 44
What were the ideas of ‘conservatives’ regarding social change in the 19th century?
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They accepted that some change was requiredB
They believed that change should be done by a slow processC
Both (a) and (b)Click an option to check your answer
Q. 45
Leader of the Bolsheviks
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KerenskyB
Vladimir LeninC
StalinD
GorbachovClick an option to check your answer
Q. 46
After the year 1500, the rulers of Russia were called:
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KingB
GeneralC
DukeD
TsarsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 47
Which of the statements given about the Socialist Revolutionary Party is not true?
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The Socialist Revolutionary Party was formed by socialists active in the countrysideB
They struggled for peasants’ rights and demanded that land from nobles be transferred to themC
They were one united group fighting for their rightsD
Both (a) and (b)Click an option to check your answer
Q. 48
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
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By 1916, railway lines in Russia began to break downB
There were labour shortages and small workshops producing essentials were shut downC
Large supplies of grain were sent to feed the armyD
All the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 49
Why did some liberals and radicals become revolutionaries in France, Italy, Russia, etc.?
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They wanted to concentrate powers in their own handsB
They wanted to overthrow the existing monarchsC
They were against equal rightsD
None of the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 50
Who was the ruler of Russia in 1914, overseeing an empire that extended from Moscow to the Pacific?
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Catherine the GreatB
Ivan the TerribleC
Tsar Nicholas IID
Peter the GreatClick an option to check your answer
Q. 51
In the context of Russia, Duma refers to_______.
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An executive bodyB
A judicial bodyC
An elected Consultative ParliamentD
An army establishmentClick an option to check your answer
Q. 52
Which of the following were important socialists of 19th century Europe?
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Rousseau and VoltaireB
Lenin and StalinC
Charles Darwin and SpencerD
Karl Marx and EngelsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 53
The Jadidists of Russia aimed that
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Modernised Muslims should rule RussiaB
Socialists should rule RussiaC
Liberal Christians should rule RussiaD
Democrats should rule RussiaClick an option to check your answer
Q. 54
The fall of the monarchy in February 1917 and the events of October are normally called the French Revolution.
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-B
FalseC
TrueClick an option to check your answer
Q. 55
The majority religion of Russia was?
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Russian Orthodox ChristianityB
Greek Orthodox ChurchC
ProtestantismD
CatholicismClick an option to check your answer
Q. 56
Russian peasants pooled their land together periodically...
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FalseB
TrueClick an option to check your answer
Q. 57
Which of the following was not a factor in the Revolution of 1905?
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Bloody SundayB
Russo-Japanese WarC
Condition of WorkersD
October ManifestoClick an option to check your answer
Q. 58
Society in 18th century Europe was divided into:
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Liberals, Radicals and ConservativesB
Castes and ClassesC
Estates and OrdersD
Religious and OrdersClick an option to check your answer
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